Verse (28:45), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

The seventeenth word of verse (28:45) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories)

Verse (28:45)

The analysis above refers to the 45th
verse of chapter 28 (sūrat
l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].